The Luttrell Psalter: A Facsimile
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Every stage of the production process has been subjected to the greatest attention to detail, from reproducing the subtle effect of fine worked gold and silver that decorate the pages of the manuscript, to finding a modern paper which matches the weight and feel of the original animal skin vellum pages. General readers will find [the book] interesting and understandable as the manuscript is so engaging and attractive. I am not in a position to comment about the veracity of the facts about the Luttrell's family background in the midlands of England, but I must admit to being worried when early on the author refers to Charing Cross being named after the Eleanor cross that was erected there following the death of Edward I's queen in 1290: the place-name Cyrringe is dated to c.
At the very end of the book, the finer and more technical aspects are listed, such as provenance, textual contents, codicology and the artists with their division of labour. Issued in a clamshell container, with title label on spine, and the commentary in a hollow under the facsim.We have asked the authors of our content to be aware of the underlying racial and cultural bias in many scholarly sources, and to try to keep in mind multiple points of view while describing the manuscripts. A member of our staff will bid on your behalf and attempt to purchase the lot as cheaply as is permitted by other bids or reserves. Brown FSA is Professor Emerita of Medieval Manuscript Studies at SAS, University of London, and is a Visiting Professor at University College London. You simply register your personal details at Reception (so leave at least 10 minutes for this before your lot in case there is a queue) and you are issued with a paddle number which you hold up to the auctioneer when you wish to bid. The major text divisions are demarcated with ten historiated initials and another thirty-nine smaller versions make further subdivisions.
Creative, imaginative and even bizarre miniatures embellish the manuscript with bright colors, gold and silver. She has some interesting comparisons to make, such as Sir Geoffrey Luttrell's leaving of his warhorse and trappings as a mortuary offering to the church in his will being "the equivalent of leaving the parish priest your Ferrari. This is a rare opportunity to own a superlative facsimile of one of the greatest medieval manuscripts anywhere in the world, and we anticipate demand to be high. She was formerly the Curator of Illuminated Manuscripts and Medieval Manuscripts at the British Library. What lead the patron of the manuscript to have a psalter made with such a magnificent picture of the Middle Ages remains a mystery.
Stilt walkers, acrobats, human-animal hybrids… This is not a fantasy novel: it is a world-famous Late Medieval manuscript made in Lincolnshire, England. The National Library of Australia acknowledges Australia’s First Nations Peoples – the First Australians – as the Traditional Owners and Custodians of this land and gives respect to the Elders – past and present – and through them to all Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
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- EAN: 764486781913
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